Dinner A bowl of Gazpacho 1 medium chickpea rissoles A random tear of italian bread Side of Tabbouleh sadad
Snack Fiber One bar
Look how Mediterranean my meal is! I loooove Mediterranean cuisine it's my favorite. I'm trying to increase my fiber in take. I will be looking into some fiber supplements because it's nearly impossible for me to get in my daily recommended intake of fiber right now. Any recs?
I ate better than the last couple days but didn't fit in working out into my schedule.
Breakfast - none, rush rush rush!
Lunch Wheat + Cheddar crackers Fiber One bar Carbonated water from Clear American in Pomegranate Blueberry Acai
I normally hate carbonated water, it tastes so bad to me but I decided to give this a try as it was cheap .64 cents for a liter. It tasted like soda! It was so sweet and it had no calories, fat, carbs, or sugars. I think my favorite part was that it tasted like a soda. I don't even drink soda but I liked this.
Dinner Oatmeal (3/4 cup) made with 1 1/2 cup whole mil with a cracked egg in it (yolk and all) Spicy chicken sandwich
I hate oatmeal but I really like it with a cracked egg! It fills you up very fast and very much too. Three hours later I still felt full and as if I just ate dinner. I think I will have to lessen that portion next time or skip on the sandwich completely. I know it's a breakfast food but I love to eat breakfast foods for dinner. Sometimes I'm too tired to cook a meal at night as well so I prefer something fast.
Oh shits. I did not record but trust me, it wasn't much. I've been eating McDonald's and Taco Bell and have not been working out. I'm only HUMAN!!!!
Did you know?
-if you're trying to lose weight or just maintain a healthy diet you should aim for 30-35 grams of fat per day?
-one of the sandwiches I buy the most from McDonald's is their McChicken because it's on the dollar menu.
-a McDonald's McChicken has 16 grams of fat. There goes half your daily recommended amount of fat.
-11 g fat in small fries -19 g fat in medium fries -25 g fat in large fries
I always order large fries
That means in one meal of 2 McChickens and large fries. I consume 57 grams of fat in one meal. Sure I save money and spend about only $4 but that's 920 calories in one meal. WOW.
I didn't work out today. I did a pretty intense strength training with a little bit of cardio sprinkled in yesterday and was a little sore. I don't think people are supposed to work out EVERY single day anyway. You have to let the muscles recover and rest before working them hard again, or else you'll regret it and could seriously hurt yourself. That's why if people workout (almost) everyday it's a good idea to alternate which muscle groups you plan to work that day. I'm a weakling and I am just starting to get into it so what looks like a little workout for me is a lot. My poor body can't handle it (haha).
I ate reeeally bad all day though. Today was JB's lazy lazy day.
No breakfast. Woke up late.
Lunch Japanese Shrimp Teriyaki with fried rice and vegetables THEN things went pretty down hill. McDonald's fudge sunday McDonald'sApple Pie 1/2 Subway chocolate chip cookie
O dear. After my food I was craving something sweet so I got a fudge sunday but I wanted some of McD's apple pie too so I got that. I didn't know it came with two pies. I gave one to my friend then she gave me a cookie because she got two cookies from subway. My teeth were hurting and I could not finish all of them. Before I would eat ALL of those but for the first time ever I noticed that I just was not hungry and could not tolerate all that sweet food so I ate most of it but not ALL of it. I should have gotten just the pie.
Dinner Wheat bagel with light cream cheese
Snack some Cheese-Its
I hope I can recover tomorrow. I'm trying not to feel guilty about what I ate because, no one should feel guilty about what they eat. I just can't help it I guess.
I focused on interval training today. Strength and Cardio were very mixed.
-I did reps of 10 instead of 6 like in this video for about 15 mintues. It was intense.
-bicycle for 15 minutes on level 5, slowly. Relaxed. I read somewhere that Megan Fox did lots of interval training for her body in Transformers. In case you don't remember here's a picture of her hotness.
THAT is no Jelly Belly
-Then back to strength training I did what she shows in this video below but with 10 reps instead of 6 for about 15 mintues. It was HARD for me. I was struggling and I had to take a couple breathers.
-25 swats on toes for butt
-100 sit ups old fashion way
-plank for 25 seconds
-side plank for 15 measly seconds on each side
-50 side crunches on each side
-20 "fire hydrants" on each side
-100 bicycle crunches
-20 leg lifts on each side (knees bent)
-20 crunches
Today was a pretty heavy day for strength training. It ended up taking me about an hour and 20 minutes.I hope I'm sore tomorrow. I stretched a lot after and was in a little pain haha. Felt GREAT!
Meal Plan
Breakfast Mini Wheats dry Lunch Grilled chicken breast with red peppers Wild rice Spinach + parmesean cheese + balsamic vinaigrette
the spinach with cheese
chicken + roasted red peppers I wanted the chicken to have a black "roasted" touch to it like the peppers
everything put together in one bowl rice and salad and the chicken an all I put a ring of the dressing on where I could see the spinach poke though
Dinner -left over wild rice (a little less than 1 cup maybe) -big glass of green tea with boba seeds
It was getting late and I didn't feel like cooking much again. Blah.
2 Week Pictures
I think I looked better last week haha. What the heck?! And what's up with under my arm. In person it's not red, in the picture it looks like I have a rash or something. Yuck.
No exercise today at all. My body was sore from running from yesterday.
Breakfast Mini Wheats cereal dry
Lunch Slim Fast shake with boba seeds in it. I thought it would be interesting. It ads a lot more carbs because it's pure starch but I liked it. Bubble tea always fills me up like a meal. This shake filled me up a lot more plus it tasted better!
Dinner I went out to eat (yes a date). First time since I've been on this little 'health kick'. I got a veggie sandwich (huge) that had asparagus, portobello mushrooms, red peppers with a fruit salad and sorbet on the side. Delicious. I don't really care about how healthy or not it REALLY was, it was great.
Maybe next time..just maybe I'll get a soup and salad. I have not restricted anything in my diet since I started. I still eat all meats that I want, cheese, ice cream, chips, everything. I just eat it in moderation.
Ever get the monday blahs? Who doesn't! I managed to get myself to run today though. I went to the track and ran ran ran, boy was I exhausted.
Cardio
Run/walk 2.5 miles in 20-25 mintues.
I cannot run for that long continuously, I have to walk. I find it easier if I walk the curved edges and ran the straight parts during some of the rounds. My stomach was getting cramps. It feels different compared to running on a treadmill.
Strength Training
100 crunches
20 squats
Meal Plan
Breakfast mini wheats and granola cereal, no milk
Lunch Spinach with sauteed mushrooms w/ balsamic vinaigrette and parmesan cheese
15 mins of this video. I got 10 reps for each thing done =] It makes you break a SWEAT
100 'criss cross' bicycle crunches
20 squats on my toes (really tightens the booty good)
I thought I was going to do the other part of that video but didn't. I got a lil lazy hehe.
Meal Plan
Break Fast 3/4(? I donno) cup Frosted Mini Wheats
Lunch Rice with peas 1 1/2 Tuna Cake
Dinner Rice with peas 2 small grilled basil fish fillets
Snack Hot Cocoa with marshmallows some kettle cooked popcorn..only like 1/2 a cup or so, it was sitting on the table some jalapeno chips hehe
Today was a day of light cardio but I did break a sweat during the strength training portion. Now it was only 15 mins long but wowee can you say sweat baby sweat? I did about 3-4 sets of the ones with push up on my knees and the rest were on my toes. I was going to do part II of that video later in the evening but decided not to. I felt a little lazy and didn't feel like breaking a sweat again. All my food today was pretty much left overs from what I made earlier this week. Boo! But it was pretty tasty still. It's a lot smaller than what I would normally eat but I must say drinking a glass of water before the meal helps fill you up! Also I drink water throughout the meal and take time to chew out the food and taste the flavors instead of just gulping it down because I'm hungry. If you pace yourself, you don't get hungry. My snacks were a fail haha but I have no fruits or anything that is a 'healthy' snack around here right now. I'll get something this weekend.
Dinner Leftover from what was lunch, I don't have time to cook more than once a day!
-Back to doin some cardio. I have never cooked rice before, it came out very mushy. It tasted terrible. Hopefully I will get better at it. If you haven't noticed I have no had any salad either. I'm trying to stay away from being too plain and eating salad everyday or a sandwich and venturing off into new types of foods and cuisines. I need to go grocery shopping soon! My kitchen cabinet is so empty right now but I'm trying to substitute many things and getting creative with my small budget and lack of ingredients.
-It's been a week since I started this and here are my results. I can see a little more definition, nothing drastic.
front
side
side angled
I like this picture. I can see the line where my abs will be defined one day!
back
arm I swear it already looks flatter!
It looks like my arm is glowing. I have a bad camera.
Flexing. This is about as good as it gets for me.
You can't really see too much difference in a week but I can definitely FEEL the difference. My body gets sore and I have to spend a lot more time stretching. It feels great though.
I didn't mean to but I ended up fasting til almost 9 pm today. EEK!
Dinner Grilled fish with a delicious basil garlic and ginger sauce. Wild Rice
I had no idea what kind of fish it was, I forgot what I bought. Oops but it wasn't salmon.
Recipe! Salt fish to taste then place on grill until each side is cooked. 8-10 mins total on medium heat Then just pour the sauce on top and let it simmer down until it gets a little thicker. 8 minutes
Sauce: 1/4 cup sushi vinegar + normal vinegar (rice vinegar is preferred but I didn't have any available) Pinch of sugar (brown sugar preferred but I didn't have any lol, gotta make do!) 1 big garlic clove minced 1 tbsp of ginger minced (I used sliced sushi ginger because that's what I had in the fridge) 1 tbsp of low sodium soy sauce 1 tbsp of kikoman thai style chilli sauce a few sprinkles of crushed red pepper to make it spicier a pinch of cayenne pepper to spicen it up more 2 tbsp of basil (use fresh!! sadly I had dry basil lol. You can use cilantro too if you don't like basil) 1/4 cup water
mix these all together and let it sit while you grill the fish. After fish is grilled pour sauce all over and swirl it around some. Let it simmer a few mins on medium low heat. And you're done!
Sunday I left during the evening from my little weekend at home with the fam.
No workout today. I'm Pooped.
Brunch: -frozen berry shake
Dinner: 3 big samosas. They were supposed to be appetizers but I filled myself up with them and got too full after. I love potatos now. I know it's not the best thing to eat but it's not like I eat them everyday, right?
Snack: -toast with margarine
I had way too many carbs for one day. It was so good. Gotta get back on track tomorrow!
I did NOT feel like working out today at all...but I did anyway. I'm kind of proud of myself. I kept up with it 3 days in a row haha.
Cardio 30 mins on tredmill
Strength Training
Legs: In and Out thigh machine- 1 rep of 15 for in, 1 rep of 15 for outties
Arms: machine that works deltoids- 1 rep of 15
Leg: leg press - 1 rep of 15
Arms: machine that works chest muscles/shoulders - 1 reps of 15
Abs: lay down flat, grasp medicine ball b/w feet and lift - 1 rep of 10
- for strength training today I focused on legs and arms because my abs were aching from the day before
Breakfast: none..I know I know..
Lunch: protein shake
Snack: 2 medium samosas
Lunch: Burger King chicken sandwich - complete fail.
My food intake was absolutely horrendous today. I feel like all the calories I burned today were wasted when I ate the burger king sandwich. Very disappointed but I feel like I was soo busy today running around everywhere! I had to grab something quick and it was 11pm by the time I got to dinner.
I had an Indian friend stay with me today. She bought a packet of mini cocktail samosas. They are pure carbs filled with potato but the back of the bag said 5 mini samosas were only 1g of fat. I ate 10-12 for lunch with extremely spicy hot sauce. It was soo good but it burned so bad.
Here is my work out and diet of the day.
Cardio: 30 mins on elliptical
Strength Training:
10 push ups -my arms were in aching from yesterday!
50 side crunches (25 on each side)
10 push ups (on knees)
40 crunches
5 push ups (on knees)
40 bicycle crunches
Breakfast: vitamins 1/2 c of mini wheats cereal
remember how having tea in the morning made me throw up last time? haha none of that this morning!
Lunch: 12 mini samosas with spicy sauce 1/2 of an oatmeal cream pie (those debbie snacks) I found one while cleaning my cabinet today, it made me super happy Snack: -some kettle cooked jalapeno chips again -a special K fiber bar
Dinner: 14 mini samosas (Each side is like 1" in length. They have 3 sides.) I had to drink A LOT of water with this batch because the sauce somehow got spicier. It made my..digestive system work very well though haha.
-we decided to go ahead and finish the packet of samosas she got
Rule #1: You have to start today. Right NOW. There is no tomorrow. "Tomorrow" will never come.
Sometimes it is the hardest thing to actually start getting healthy. You think about it all the time. Trust me, I know. I read about it all the time. Then it hit me, reading and buying a dvd isn't going to do shit unless I put what I learned into use. So get up and get movin! TODAY. It does not have to be a long period of time. Take 30 minutes, 15, 10 whatever! It's only ten minutes. In the past I thought, oh it's just 10 minutes, I'll do it later. Later never came.
Don't think twice, just do it NOW.
Here is my health schedule from today
Cardio 35 minutes on level 5 and 8 (alternating every 5 minutes) on an elliptical machine
-I picked one of the Fat Burn options on the machine. That way I did not have to mess with the levels on my own or keep track of time. It did it for me! These machines were made to make life easier. Use it!
-I picked one that alternates because alternating speed during a workout is actually supposed to help burn more calories. We will see.
Strength Training 10 push ups with one leg raised
50 bicycle crunches
10 push ups
50 side crunches for obliques, 25 on each side
10 push ups done slowly
40 crunches -It took me maybe 15 minutes total to them all. I would take a break in the middle of each set and sometimes just sit there listening to the music. lol.
You don't have to do cardio and strength training on the same day. Do what feels comfortable to you. If you feel like walking for 10 minutes then walk for 10 minutes. For a first day I was going to only do 20 minutes of cardio and end with 10 push ups and 50 crunches. Then I decided that I might slack on another day. I had time today and I was motivated so I went ahead and did more. Doing less is easy. Push yourself to see if you can do one more set or 5 more minutes. You might be surprised!
Meal Plan
Breakfast - I didn't have time so I made green tea. It actually made me throw up. Not doing that again. I was becoming more late thanks to the extra trip to the bathroom so I ate a handful of granola cereal straight out of the box dry on the way out. It wasn't that bad. Me gusta.
Lunch - A slim fast shake. The kind you make with the powder and water or milk. I ran out of milk. It was disgusting but again I didn't really have time to eat lunch. My timing is very off.
Snack - Sometime before dinner I ate some kettle cooked jalapeno chips. It wasn't much but it looked so yummy.
Dinner - Wheat penne pasta with spring veggies sprinkled with natural parmesean cheese. It was delicious to me and finally..FOOD!
I kind of failed at the eating healthy part. It's okay, one step at a time! I tried to drink a lot of water today though. I'm positive I drank a good healthy amount. I am very bad at keeping up with drinking water but maybe my skin will look better after this too!
This is the part Faceless Fit becomes a reality to me. Pictures. I would normally dread the idea of posting my body up for the world to view but here I do not have to show anything, yet I'm showing everything! This is my body. My Jelly Belly.
front with arms up
side
front
Now let's take the shirt off. No whistling please.
front
I decided to wear pink. I makes me happy and feel girly.
angle
side
side with arms up
back
arm
arm
Flexing . This is about as good as it gets for me.
I'm not that bad considering I don't exercise or eat healthy. I think. Please agree with me before I cry. I am quite soft all over. With lovely stretch marks and dimples starting to form. I have never hade a child. I know I can do better for my body and I will. Cutting a little bit of fat and having more definition is the ultimate goal for me. No 6 packs, no weight loss, no super model. I'm hoping that changing my diet will help shed a little bit of the fat and working out will firm my jelly.
I would love for you to share your day 1 and photos with me. Remember, this whole thing is anonymous. No one will know who you are. It does help a lot with the motivational factor though when you know there are others doing this with you!
I have created this blog for myself and people like you. I had this crazy idea that I wanted to start a blog so that I may keep a record of my healthy life style. Which has yet to start. I would like to take pictures of my journey and I would love for you to keep up with me. We will all be faceless. We will all be one and the same. Jelly bellies! It's sad but very true. It's time my jelly belly ripens into steel, how about yours?
I am an ordinary person just like you and I just want a healthier lifestyle. We've all said it before and even tried to start it a hundred times but how many of us really keep up? I've never been trained or had a trainer. I look forward to trying out many different techniques and exercises, "diets", and recipes (mmm!) during this journey. I will try to make everything as simple as possible and without all the gimmicks. Hopefully this will be a smart move for me and a smart move for you too. Instead of picking up addictions that include excessive shopping of shoes, clothing, and beauty products (yes I am a beauty junkie!) I would like to concentrate on a different part of life. Finally make healthy living a habit.
